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critical 9.8

CVE-2016-4024 json

Integer overflow in imlib2 before 1.4.9 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via large dimensions in an im…

published 2016-05-13 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-5030

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.5%
EPSS 5.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in imlib2 before 1.4.9 on 32-bit platforms allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via large dimensions in an image, which triggers an out-of-bounds heap memory write operation.

Patch / fix

  • imlib2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.4.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4024

  • imlib2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.4.6-2ubuntu0.1
  • imlib2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-4024

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-4024 updated cvss 5.8

imlib2: integer overflow resulting in insufficient heap allocation

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

5.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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